- Fopp (EP)
Infobox Album |
Name = Fopp
Type = EP
Artist =Soundgarden
Released = August 1988
Recorded = 1988 at Moore Theatre,Seattle ,Washington
Length = 14:55
Label =Sub Pop
Producer =Steve Fisk
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1c851vsozzpa link] |
Last album = "Screaming Life " (1987)
This album = "Fopp" (1988)
Next album = "Ultramega OK " (1988)"Fopp" is the second EP by the American
alternative rock bandSoundgarden , released in August 1988 throughSub Pop Records. In 1990 it was combined with the band's first EP "Screaming Life " (1987) and released as "Screaming Life/Fopp ".Recording
The EP was recorded in 1988 at the Moore Theatre in
Seattle ,Washington with producerSteve Fisk .Music and lyrics
The EP contains one Soundgarden original, two covers, and a remix. Guitarist
Kim Thayil said of the title track: "That's anOhio Players song off of "Honey" - I've had that album since I was in high school. We thought we could take the song and make itAC/DC or something. We'd take the power chords, turn up the volume and make it heavy. "Fopp" is a good song that needed to be given its due as a 'kick-ass rock song!'"Gilbert, Jeff. "Primecuts: Kim Thayil". "Guitar School". May 1994.] The EP also contains a cover of the Green River song "Swallow My Pride ".Release and reception
"Fopp" was released on vinyl only, packaged in black die-cut sleeves and limited to 3000
Chris Cornell said, "The second record did pretty well but it wasn't like a sweep, some people didn't like it." [White, Richard. "Soundgarden Rocks". "Rockpool". October 1, 1989.]Track listing
#"Fopp" (Billy Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Mervin Pierce, Clarence Satchell, James Williams) – 3:37
#"Fopp" (Fucked Up Heavy Dub Mix) (Beck, Bonner, Jones, Middlebrooks, Pierce, Satchell, Williams) – 6:25
#"Kingdom of Come" (Chris Cornell ) – 2:35
#"Swallow My Pride " (Mark Arm , Steve Turner) – 2:18Personnel
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Chris Cornell – vocals
*Kim Thayil –guitar
*Matt Cameron – drums
*Hiro Yamamoto – bass
*Steve Fisk – producer, engineerReferences
External links
* [http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/releases/foppep.shtml "Fopp" on the Unofficial Soundgarden Homepage]
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